I haven’t posted on this blog in a long time because I’ve been busy educating myself. I’m still not anywhere close to done, and probably never will be, but the more I study the founding of the United States and observe what’s going on in Washington, the more I realize things are upside down, and not just since Obama came…
Platform for President
If I were writing the platform for my ideal President of the United States, the posts in this category would be my rough-draft notes, musings, and thinking-out-loud moments.
This is going to be one of those posts that evolves over time, so don’t judge it by the content you see here today, because it might be different tomorrow. What this post contains is a list of books which, according to my opinion, every US President should have already read prior to entering office. But since I am reading…
09
Mar
Abolish the FDA
Does the FDA save lives by preventing bad pharmaceuticals from going on the market? Sure it does. But did you ever think to ask yourself whether the FDA saves more lives than it snuffs out? “Wait a minute!” you say, “The FDA isn’t killing anyone!” Oh really?
Let’s imagine there is a disease that infects 500,000 people each year, and…
25
Sep
Energy Policy
If elected President, I will enact the following energy policy:
1. States will have complete control over the energy resources in their state, excepting in those cases where their actions might have effects beyond the borders of their state.
2. Offshore drilling would be allowed in all federally controlled waters and on all federally owned lands. Environmental impact studies would…
25
Sep
Trade Policy
If elected President I would reform our trade policy as follows:
Our trade policy with individual countries will mirror the policy they set with us. For example, if they eliminate all tariffs for our products, we will eliminate all tariffs for their products. If they subsidize certain parts of their economy, we will not subsidize the same part of our…
25
Sep
Education
If elected President I would reform federal regulation of education as follows:
1. Turn complete control of matters related to education over to the states and eliminate all federal funding for education.
25
Sep
Social Security
If elected President, I would move to reform Social Security in the following ways:
1. All revenue collected by the government for the purpose of funding Social Security would be immediately returned, adjusted to include 5% interest compounded annually. In other words, whatever you put into it and whatever your employer put into it you would get back, plus the…
25
Sep
Tax Policy
If elected to be President of the United States, I would dramatically revise our federal tax policy as follows:
1. The income tax would be reduced to 10%. All exemptions would be eliminated.
2. The corporate tax would be eliminated.
3. The capital gains tax would be eliminated.
4. The tax filing process would be reduced to two questions; How…
